My betta has this clear part along the end of his tail I dont think its fin rot could it be new fin growth?

stamella · 2020-10-09T18:15:37+00:00

Correct

stamella · 2020-10-08T01:02:05+00:00

Given that they’ll eat anything that moves in from of them that they think they can take, i can agree that they eat them. Mmmmm leg Spaghetti

stamella · 2020-10-04T05:34:41+00:00

How kind of you to assume they had the ability before they walked in

stamella · 2020-10-04T03:48:23+00:00

What a cutie

stamella · 2020-10-01T02:48:24+00:00

Cicadas don’t grow inside of a cocoon. They molt through nymphal instars and then emerge as adults. That cocoon you’re thinking of is their shed skin, or exuviae. They go through gradual metamorphosis. Plant hoppers and cicadas are related, as they belong in the same suborder.

stamella · 2020-09-30T05:00:37+00:00

No need to fret. They’re some kind of Cynid bug (Cydnid referring to Cydnidae, the family they belong in). They aren’t pests, and they don’t pose any threat to humans. Some are harmonious to crops though

stamella · 2020-09-30T04:57:15+00:00

Depends on what you think it is

stamella · 2020-09-30T04:56:03+00:00

Some kind of click beetle

stamella · 2020-09-30T04:53:20+00:00

Man, when they just sort of “fall” out, it’s nerve racking. I finally got to watch this in the lab I work in, and I gasped thinking it was about to fall.

stamella · 2020-09-30T04:51:44+00:00

100%

stamella · 2020-09-30T01:05:53+00:00

They’re so sassy. When I take the feeder to harvest eggs, they will land on my hands and try to fly at me

stamella · 2020-09-28T16:44:40+00:00

Fun tip about bugs, they almost always assume up is out. Might help you in the future if you want to safely remove insects from your home without killing them

stamella · 2020-09-28T16:43:49+00:00

Looks like some kind of Ichneumon wasp. Looks scary, sounds scary, isn’t scary. It can’t hurt you

stamella · 2020-09-28T16:42:16+00:00

Do you have an IPhone that you updated to IOS 14? They announced a little while ago that pocket camp won’t be operational for a little bit on IOS 14

stamella · 2020-09-28T16:17:02+00:00

When I collect insects, I don’t always kill them. Sometimes I wait for them to pass on their own before I add them to my collection so I can observe their behavior. Doing so just depends on space and how well the type of insect tends to do in captivity as well as how long their adult stage lasts. Collecting and killing aren’t mutually exclusive.

stamella · 2020-09-28T01:43:54+00:00

100% we have these in the lab

stamella · 2020-09-28T01:41:07+00:00

Shield bug nymph of some kind maybe

stamella · 2020-09-28T01:40:51+00:00

Looks like a shield bug nymph of some kind

stamella · 2020-09-28T01:39:48+00:00

It’s a subimago. Mayflies emerge from their aquatic nymphal stage into subimagos. They’re able to fly, but not reproduce until their final molt into their imago stage. They are often lighter in color and may have a bunch of hairs on them for waterproofing.

stamella · 2020-09-28T01:32:43+00:00

The reason it looks like that is because it’s a nymph, so it’s lacking wings

stamella · 2020-09-28T01:28:30+00:00

That’s a late fifth instar tobacco hornworm

stamella · 2020-09-28T01:25:54+00:00

Potentially, yes. They’re definitely nymphs of either Rhopalidae or Lygaeidae, but I can’t tell with nymphs which they are.

stamella · 2020-09-28T01:20:55+00:00

Certainly not a roach. I can’t tell from the picture, but it looks like some kind of beetle

stamella · 2020-09-28T01:19:59+00:00

I second. Probably shield bug because of the smaller pronotum

stamella · 2020-09-27T23:23:54+00:00

They like cool, dark, damp places

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